diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 9a8c7da05..d15f1f0fc 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1653,6 +1653,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                     self.report_error('postprocessing: %s' % str(err))
                     return
                 self.record_download_archive(info_dict)
+        else:
+            self.record_download_archive(info_dict)
 
     def download(self, url_list):
         """Download a given list of URLs."""